Magnetic garnet single crystal and faraday rotator using the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a magnetic garnet single crystal and a Faraday rotator using the magnetic garnet single crystal and the object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic garnet single crystal which suppresses a generation of crystal defects and a Faraday rotator which improves an extinction ratio. A magnetic garnet single crystal grown by a liquid-phase epitaxial growth method and having the general formula represented by BiaPbbA3−a−bFe5−c−dBcPtdO12 is used, wherein A is at least one kind of element selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, B is at least one kind of element selected from Ga, Al, Sc, Ge and Si, and a, b, c and d are represented by 0.8<a<1.4, 0<b≦20, 0≦c≦0.9 and 0<d≦2.0 respectively.

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